Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

Briefly... Watts Tops Oregon National Hare Scrambles : Continued from poge 9 Ulrich has been elected, and PJ Harvey was elected for another one-year term as chairman . AMA Pro Racing, a subsidiary of the AMA. maintains a separate board of directors and staff and Is responsible for the overall management of AMA professional motorcycle racing in the United States. he oft-injured Shane Watts got back to his w inning ways after tak ing top honors at the AMA National Hare Scrambles (ro und fou r) in Elkton, Oregon, May 30, Riding a 20Dec EXC KTM, Watts led early on, fell, got back into the lead , battl ed back and forth with Kawasaki Team Green's Chuck Woodford for a while , and t he n pulled away to take the win , Woodford held on to take runne rup honors, while opening-round winner Brian Garrahan (KTM) took third . Defending champ , on the Am-Pro Yamaha YZ2S0 , Jason Raines finished fourth, followed by Kawasa ki Team Green's Destry Abbott and KTM rider Pat Garrahan . T A fundraising event will take place june 2125 at Second Creek Raceway in Denver, Colorado, the event showcasing a weeklong motorcycle endurance race to raise money for children's charities with riders completing as many miles as poss ible on a closed-circuit road racing course. Local and national motorcycle racers will ride from sunup to sundown from june 21 to June 25 . It is estimated that as many as 100 racers will log nearly 20,000 miles during the week. The event will then continue with a full weekend of AMA-sanctioned sprint raeingJune 26-27 w ith the Motorcycle Roadracing Assoc iation (MRA). Over 4000 additional miles are anticipated to be pledged by the MRA racers during these two days. Over 100 people will also volunteer their time that week to provide the event staff KTM's Shane Wa"s was back to his old self at the Oregon National Hare Scrambles necessary to maintain a continuous, safe race environment. The majority of these volunteers will come from the Colorado Sportbike Club . However, anyone is wel co me to donate their time. More informatio n on t he Racing 2 Save Lives event can be found at www.racing2savelives.org . An I I-year-old motocross racer, Bradley Cox, was killed w hile practicing at the Hollister Gran d Prix track in Hollister, California, o n May 22. Bradley was from Tracy, California, and was a sixth -grad e stude nt en rolled in the Gifted And Talented Education (GATE) program at Williams Middle School. In lieu of flowe rs, the family req uests memorial contributions in Bradley's name be sent to the Bradley C. Cox Memorial Fund, c/o Washington Mutual Ban k, 275 1 W. Gra ntline Road, Tracy, CA 95304. Cox is survived by his pare nts, Brad and Marce lle Co x; a siste r, Gabr ielle Co x; his gran dparents, Bar ry and Leann Edelblute, and Jeann ie Cox of Washingto n; great-grandpa rents Phil and Margie Youngquist; th ree uncles, Steve Co x, Greg Co x, and Kevin Cox; th ree aunts, Melissa Adlhoch , Melinda Edelblute, and Suzane Hea th . 2005 Yamaha YZ250F Here's a look at the new 2005 Yamaha YZ250F fo ur-st ro ke . Unfo rt unately, Yamaha hasn't released any info rmation about the bike , but we can tell by the pho to that it has new graphics, a w hite-colored front nu mberplate , new fro nt brake-line ro uting and d ifferent fo rk guards. issued, on their behalf it seems, not necessarily by them, stating that they woul d not be going. Among the many reasons not to go is the fact that Doningto n's cramped and da ted pit garage facilities will not be available to half the MOloG? paddock. much less an itinerant bunch of World Supersport riders . and most of the setups of the teams in World Supersport are geared arou nd a pit garage or nothing. Politically. there was also a strong element of the teams' not wanting to belitt le the ir own championship . the mos t vibrant class in World Superbike racing after all - by scuttling off to Moto GP at the first opportunity. With no World Supers por t points up for gra bs, pride and po litics played the ir parts in the jo int decision not to go . Go rdon Rit chi e Hotbodies Racing has an nounced its plan to launch a 10-rider ro ad race team at the combined AMNWo rld Supe rb ike event at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, July 8 -1 I. The race team w ill be com po sed of up-an dcoming AHA Superbike Series privateers from around t he United States and Mexico who will join fo rces at t his event and race their existing machinery with a special Hotbodies Racing bodywork and graphics as well as matching team crew shirts, acco rding to a re lease from the team. "We' re excited to be launching this team, especially at Laguna Seca, " said Roger Davis, president o f Hotbodies Racing. "It's a project t hat we've been working o n for a w hile. There are so many grea t racers out the re that are already using o ur products, and this is a way to bring them together and showcase their ta lents to the world. The riders have a var iety o f machinery, but they will each receive new Hotbodiesracing.com bodywork w ith www.cyclenews.com matching graphics and matching team shirts for themselves and their crew. It's going to be a great way to promote Hotbodiesracing.com and the riders at the same time." Confirmed riders joining Hotbodies Racing at Laguna Seca include John Dugan , Ty Howard, Marco Martinez, Ricky Orlando, Dirk Sanchez, Blake Young, Michael Sanchez, Scott Greenwood and Jeremy Toye, according to the team. For more information, cali 800/555-2805 or visit www.hotbodiesracing.com. Northern Ireland road racing manager David Wood died after a short illness on Friday, May 28. Wood managed the career of the late Joey Dunlop for more than 10 years. Known to his friends as "DG, " the 57-year-old was a well-respected figure in the world of motorcycle racing and was involved in competitive racing even in the last days of his life. The one-time racer, who competed in the 1970s in distinctive checkered leathers, spent his retirement guiding other riders to success. He is perhaps best remembered for his strong alliance with five-time Formula One World Champion Dunlop, about whom he once said: "There will never be another JD." The Road 2 Recovery Foundation has announced the appointment of Dan White to the position of executive director of The Road 2 Recovery Foundation, a nonprofit foundation that is dedicated to helping AMA licensed mo tocro ss members with financial assistance if they susta in career-ending injuries as well as pro vide mo uv ati onal, emotional and sp iritual sup port to thes e individuals and their families . The founda tion also provides funds for Moto r Racing Out reach (MRO) and assisting privateers in Supercr oss and Motoc ross. "I am honored that The Road 2 Recovery Founda tion has asked me to oversee t his organization that blesses the fallen and so metimes fo rgotten with its resources," said White . For more informat ion, call 86 6/686 -6869 o r visit www.road2recovery.com. Chuck johnson, 76, passed away in his sleep on Sund ay, May 2 3. A long-time mot orcycle en th usiast, he was also a motorcycle office r in Wyom ing, and Las Vegas, Nevada. In add ition, Johnso n vo lunteer ed at cou ntless dese rt racing events fo r MRAN, Best of t he Dese rt and with the Silver City Scramblers and Gro undshake rs Moto rcycle Clubs . He also helped support and worked the home checkpoint as part of the Cycle News Barstow to Vegas Poker Run se ries in t he ea rly 19BOs. He is survived by his wife , Connie, two so ns, Skip and Rick, and fou r grandchildren, Becca , Ryan, Kelli and lindsay. "C harlie , as I and many others called him, always got a kick out of seeing my name in Cycle News, whether it was in the race coverage in the late sixties and early seventies or as a byline or o n the masthead during my some 12 years with CN," Skip Johns on said. "I thought it might be nice to see his name in the pape r o ne time as well. Godspe ed , Cha rlie. Ride Free. " The round o f t he 2004 Sidecar Motocross World Championship scheduled in Bulgar ia on July 18 will take place in Samokov (instead of Sevlievo). 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